Date Range: March 31, 2011 - March 1, 2011

March 05, 2011, 6:40PM

Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Jeanine Songy Latham, a licensed dietitian from Metairie, to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners in Dietetics and Nutrition. The seven-member board licenses qualified dietitians and nutritionists and regulates their practice. Latham is responsible for individual patient education at Ochsner Clinic Foundation. To the same board, Jindal also appointed Beth Fontenot of Lake Charles,... Full story »

March 03, 2011, 4:30AM

This week, The Times-Picayune's assistant head librarian taught me how to use a new Web-based historical archive tool that lets me search from my desk all the way back through the newspaper's archives. Playing around with it, I tried to find the earliest example of a recipe. Surprisingly, a Page 2 item from the Aug. 4, 1838 Daily Picayune... Full story »

March 03, 2011, 4:20AM

This is from a 1911 ad for Solari's, a famous deli in New Orleans. It's prepared in a "wet mold, " i.e. a decorative mold rinsed with water. I am editing the recipe into modern form. This would work with any real fruit juice. 1/2 cup boiling water 1-1/2 tablespoons powdered gelatin 2 cups pineapple juice 1 cup sugar... Full story »

March 03, 2011, 4:00AM

For the past few months, I've been complaining about those hormone-pumped chickens at the supermarkets. I yearned for those plump little chickens of my childhood -- the ones that my Aunt Grace killed by wringing their necks and then plucked for Sunday dinner. They were tender, juicy and tasted slightly of the sweet corn on which they were fed.... Full story »